[iowamomforfreedom]

From the filing:
http://www.catholicmediacoalition.com/JebBushMotion.pdf:

"The Governor submits this memorandum to ensure that the Court consider the critical distinction between removing artificial life support and the deliberate killing of a human being by starvation and deydration. These are two different actions. The first is performed according to state law and is allowed under Florida's constitutional right to privacy. The second is prohibited by the right to life enshrined in the Florida and federal Constitutions. The Governor submits that removal of the feeding tube without first determining by medically accepted means whether the plaintiff can ingest food and water on her own, with our without rehabilitative therapy, constitutes the deprivation of her life without due process of law".

SMACKDOWN! TO JUDGE GREER:

"While many rights may be delgated to a guardian, the right to receive necessary services and rehabilitation may not. Similarly, the right to receive necessary services and rehabilitation may not be removed by the court. The clear language, ordering and context of the statute indicates that the ward retains that right for the duration of the guardianship; there is no provision for waiving, removing, or delegating retained rights in the statute. Services to rehabilitate Terri's swallowing musculature are necessary (without them, she will surely die), and so fall within that retained right. The guardianship court recently prohibited the provision of such therapy requested by Terri's parents. Such prohibition is impermissible in the context of Section 765.401 action to terminate life-prolonging procedures, and is an impermissible deprivation of Terri's retained rights under Florida's guardianship law and her right to life under the Florida and federal Constitutions." (All emphasis mine).

YEAH JEB!!!

"The support - caring even where there is no curing - affirms human solidarity in both directions: care-giver and care-receiver. It is a human virtue to care for those who cannot care for themselves, and in that act of caring we affirm that it is a human person we care for - not some mere physiological process."

Sorry for any misspellings - I just had to share these parts with those who may not be able to read pdf's. THIS IS SO GOOD!!

[Lovergirl]

Thank you Iowamom, this is wonderful news. I have sent Terris web site to everyone I know, who in turn have sent it out to others. I did receive the newsletter from phenn this AM about this and sent that out too. God bless Terri and her family. Where there is life there's hope.

[Ohioan from Florida]

What a beautiful day! What a beautiful brief! Lazzara would have to be nuts (or evil) to allow Terri's feeding tube to be removed without first allowing the swallowing test, at a minimum. Thank you, Governor Bush, and thank you, Lord, for helping Jeb find the courage to take appropriate action.

BTW, today (Oct. 7) is the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, and I am grateful that Mother Mary has petitioned her Son on Terri's behalf.

[Mo1]

Thanks for that info iowamomforfreedom

[sfRummygirl]

Holy God in Heaven......this is amazing.
Ok, now what. I assume she is not out of the woods completely yet?
Yes, we should keep going along with our plans. Getting the word out.
Oh my God, I love you Jeb. I don't know ya, but I love ya. You're gonna get a big fat kiss....

[MarMema]

Those are mighty words indeed and how wonderful it is to see the light shone on evil and the truth spoken for once.
Thank you so much for posting those excerpts. Let's get Jeb to follow his brother into the white house.

[MarMema]

It is a human virtue to care for those who cannot care for themselves, and in that act of caring we affirm that it is a human person we care for - not some mere physiological process

Just to add my unnecessary thoughts, but all the same...how glorious is God to have provided these words to the writer, to so wonderfully express the truth. And to combat the constant dehumanizing of these people that has been done, to make them seem like a pile of tissues instead of a human being.